Hi Chris,

Good to see you on Saturday, sorry you were too busy with sound, singing and providing lyric prompts to Bob Fagan to have a good chat. It was a fabulous night.

While researching my recording of this song, the most fitting definition I could find was 'Trock/Trockett' which means to be bartered/traded, implying that 'ill-trocked' could be a bad tempered dog that someone has tricked you into buying.

For Jim, I took 'skinned by empire' to relate to posters/painted signs on the wall enforcing/supporting English rules.

Cheers,

Daniel,